Playing surfaces won't change until owners choose to do it

We live in a time where even the most undebatable issue ends up having two sides to it. For the NFL, it’s undebatable that players prefer grass fields to the fake stuff. And it’s undebatable that grass is better than turf.

Although the debate over something that shouldn’t be debated will bubble up from time to time, the owners will continue to do nothing. Inevitably (and quickly), a bright, shiny object will distract enough people from the outcry, and the topic will change.

This week, the quality of the MetLife Stadium turf has become a flashpoint, again, following the torn ACL suffered last Sunday by Giants receiver Malik Nabers. Players like Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford, who typically says not much if anything about everything, made his strong preference for grass clear . Othe